Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Brien” in the USA?

Number of people named “Brien” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Brien” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Brien” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Brien” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Brien” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Brien” by birth year

This chart shows how “Brien” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 -100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 -100%
1951 26 0.000007058 26 -100%
1952 40 0.000010532 40 -100%
1953 34 0.000008823 34 -100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 -100%
1955 41 0.000010212 41 -100%
1956 53 0.000012855 53 -100%
1957 69 0.00001642 69 -100%
1958 72 0.000017417 72 -100%
1959 75 0.000018038 75 -100%
1960 71 0.000017093 71 -100%
1961 93 0.000022451 93 -100%
1962 71 0.000017594 71 -100%
1963 100 0.000025264 100 -100%
1964 82 0.000021093 82 -100%
1965 70 0.000019308 70 -100%
1966 85 0.000024456 85 -100%
1967 89 0.000026216 89 -100%
1968 89 0.000026344 89 -100%
1969 97 0.000027911 97 -100%
1970 84 0.000023291 84 -100%
1971 87 0.000025347 87 -100%
1972 69 0.000021954 69 -100%
1973 81 0.000026849 81 -100%
1974 69 0.000022697 69 -100%
1975 68 0.000022521 68 -100%
1976 57 0.000018785 57 -100%
1977 47 0.000014796 47 -100%
1978 66 0.000020795 66 -100%
1979 61 0.000018335 61 -100%
1980 74 0.000021483 74 -100%
1981 69 0.000019946 69 -100%
1982 61 0.000017389 61 -100%
1983 70 0.000020212 5 65 -86%
1984 50 0.000014332 50 -100%
1985 68 0.000019052 68 -100%
1986 48 0.000013494 48 -100%
1987 48 0.000013313 48 -100%
1988 61 0.000016509 61 -100%
1989 57 0.000014827 57 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 41 0.000010526 41 -100%
1992 62 0.00001614 62 -100%
1993 40 0.000010609 40 -100%
1994 54 0.000014525 54 -100%
1995 48 0.000013107 48 -100%
1996 44 0.000012064 44 -100%
1997 46 0.000012687 46 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 49 0.000013265 49 -100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 -100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 -100%
2002 36 0.00000963 36 -100%
2003 33 0.000008679 33 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 -100%
2005 27 0.000007022 27 -100%
2006 24 0.000006066 24 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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